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'OHARLES WAGENFOHB, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

IMITATION BRONZE OR OTHER ORNA MENTAL PLATE FOR BOOK-COVERS, do.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,74i1, dated August23, 1.887.

Application filed February 9, 1887. Serial No. 227,013. (No' model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES WAeENFoHR, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Imitation Bronze or other Ornamental Plates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture ofimitation bronze and other ornamental plates for book-covers,furniture-panels, &c., for which Letters Patent were granted to meheretofore, N 0. 312,044, dated February 10, 1885, the improvementsbeing designed with a view to render said imitation bronze or otherplates more ornamental by the use of differently-colored sheet-metalcoverings over said plate; and the invention consists of an imitationbronze or other ornamental plate composed of an embossedfoundation-plate, a covering or face layer, and one or moreadditionalshectmetal layers of different colors from the face layer,said additional layers having portions cut or punched out, so that theface layer protrudes through the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved bronze plate for book-covers, furniture-panels,picture-frames, &c.; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of thesame on the line w 30, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a foundation-plate ofpasteboard, wood, or other suitable material, which is covered withacontinuous layer, B, of thin sheet metal, veneer, colored or bronzedpaper, plush, silk, &c. The foundation-plate A and its face layer B, areembossed by means of suitable dies into which the required design hasbeen engraved or othcrwise produced.

On the face layer B are cemented, by means of glue or other suitableadhesive substance, one or more auxiliary layers, 0, made ofdifferently-colored metal, paper, leather, &c., said auxiliary layersbeing cut out by means of a die in such a manner that some portions ofthe face layerB are covered, while the relayers is produced.

The entire surface of the plate is then finished by being sized andcoated with pulverized graphite, bronze powder, or other metallicpowder, over which a coat of varnish is placed to protect the bronzecoating. By using different layers of sheet metal or analogons coverings a very ornamentel and variegated effect is imparted to the plate, andthereby the artistic appearance of the same greatly improved.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An imitation bronze or other ornamental plate forbook-covers, furniture-panels, 850., composed of an embossedfoundation-plate, a face layer covering said foundationplate andembossed therewith, and an auxiliary layer or layers of different colorthan the face layer, said auxiliary layer or layers being cemented tothe face layer and cut out in part, so as to conform to the contours ofthe embossed ornamentation of the face layer, substantially as setforth.

2. The method herein described of making imitation bronze or otherornamental plates, which consists in embossing afoundation-plate havingan attached face layer, cementing an auxiliary layer or layers ofdifferently-colored material cut out in part, so as to conform to thecontours of the embossed foundation-plate, upon said facelayer, exposingthe plate to pressure to secure the auxiliary layer or layers to theface layer, and, finally, finishing the entire surface of the plate bybronzing and varnishing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WAGENFOHR. Witnesses:

PAUL GonPnL, SIDNEY lVIANN.

